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- Even luxuries are arranged according to ideas and ideals, to make them reflect as much of thought-life as possible - and this is Art.
- Science, art, learning and metaphysical research all have their proper functions in life, but if you seek to blend them, you destroy their individual characteristics…
- I have a message for the world, which I will deliver without fear and care for the future. To the reformers I will point out…
- It is very difficult to understand why in this country [India] so much difference is made between men and women, whereas the Vedanta declares that…
- Our misery comes, not from work, but by our getting attached to something. Take for instance, money: money is a great thing to have, earn…
- Our minds are forced to become fixed upon different things by an attraction in them which we cannot resist. To control the mind, to place…
- The moment you think creed and form and ceremony the "be-all" and "end-all", then you are in bondage. Take part in them to help others,…
- Books suggest the inner light and the method of bringing that out, but we can only understand them when we have earned the knowledge ourselves.…
- Even books are nurses, medicines are nurses. But we must work to bring about the time when man shall recognise his mastery over his own…
- If religion and life depend upon books or upon the existence of any prophet whatsoever, then perish all religion and books! Religion is in us.…
- You all know that certain things are necessary to make a religion. First of all, there is the book. The power of the book is…
- Doing is very good, but that comes from thinking. Little manifestations of energy through the muscles are called work. But where there is no thought,…
- My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation. Out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem like…
- Women will work out their destinies — much better, too, than men can ever do for them. All the mischief to women has come because…
- I ask you all so earnestly to open girl's schools in every village and try to uplift them. If the Conditions of women are raised,…
- The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
- Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go…
- Give up the idea that by ruling over others you can do any good to them. But you can do just as much as you…
- How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that their leader leave…
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster